By austin401317
- With the API can I get the root password for my droplets?
- With the api can I make a snapshot based on an image? a. Useful for creating a similar vm but then running automated scripts for customizing to the client needs
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1] currently no <br>2] not sure what you mean. you can take snapshot (/droplets/[droplet_id]/snapshot) and use it as an image for restore/rebuild (/droplets/[droplet_id]/restore|rebuild). you will see it in /images call also.
a. /droplets/new has image_id parameter so you can use image created before and make new droplets based on it
Sounds like Salt Cloud may be a good fit, for what you’re looking to accomplish. <i>See</i> <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/automated-provisioning-of-digitalocean-cloud-servers-with-salt-cloud-on-ubuntu-12-04”>Automated Provisioning of DigitalOcean Cloud Servers with Salt Cloud on Ubuntu 12.04</a>.
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